Pathology Support II

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: Position is responsible for various duties supporting lab procedures including accessioning tissue specimens. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Functions as a Senior Path Support with analysis and problem resolution; maintaining productive and proactive communication with off-site management; promoting a team-work environment; and assist with day to day operations, SOPs, training, workload assessments, and process evaluations. - Accession all tissue specimens and make cassettes. - Assist pathologist and pathologist assistants in cutting room. - Assist with frozen sections (location dependent). - Properly hang tissue on the processors (location dependent). - Responsible for determining/selecting specimens for grossing. - Photograph specimens (Polaroid, digital, and 35 mm). - Prepare tissue to be sent out for further testing such as Lymphoma Phenotyping, Quantitative Iron studies, etc. - Operate the Faxitron machine for specimen radiographs. - Check campus surgery schedules for probable frozen sections, collect specimens from all campus surgery locations ensuring they are properly listed, and check the surgery board for add cases, cancels, and late specimens (location dependent). -...